The Easy Cats are an excellent reliable line of boats, if built to plan and instruction. The designer - Peter Snell is a very nice chap who will usually be happy to help with some advice regarding his boats. I would certainly not consider buying an Easy without talking to Peter. I know that the very first boat "pelican" has been round to the Kimberlys and I think SE Asia, and that his own 12 metre and his 11.6 and 37 have done South Pacific passages.